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Article: Fundamental(ist) Attribution Error: Protestants are dispositionally focused
Title | Fundamental(ist) Attribution Error: Protestants are dispositionally focused |
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Keywords | Attribution Belief in a soul Cultural differences Religious differences |
Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | American Psychological Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.apa.org/journals/psp.html |
Citation | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2012, v. 102 n. 2, p. 281-290 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Attribution theory has long enjoyed a prominent role in social psychological research, yet religious influences on attribution have not been well studied. We theorized and tested the hypothesis that Protestants would endorse internal attributions to a greater extent than would Catholics, because Protestantism focuses on the inward condition of the soul. In Study 1, Protestants made more internal, but not external, attributions than did Catholics. This effect survived controlling for Protestant work ethic, need for structure, and intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity. Study 2 showed that the Protestant–Catholic difference in internal attributions was significantly mediated by Protestants' greater belief in a soul. In Study 3, priming religion increased belief in a soul for Protestants but not for Catholics. Finally, Study 4 found that experimentally strengthening belief in a soul increased dispositional attributions among Protestants but did not change situational attributions. These studies expand the understanding of cultural differences in attributions by demonstrating a distinct effect of religion on dispositional attributions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/166060 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 6.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.610 |
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dc.contributor.author | Li, Y | - |
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, KA | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cohen, AB | - |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, MJ | - |
dc.contributor.author | Knowles, ED | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Z | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-20T08:27:12Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-09-20T08:27:12Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2012, v. 102 n. 2, p. 281-290 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-3514 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/166060 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Attribution theory has long enjoyed a prominent role in social psychological research, yet religious influences on attribution have not been well studied. We theorized and tested the hypothesis that Protestants would endorse internal attributions to a greater extent than would Catholics, because Protestantism focuses on the inward condition of the soul. In Study 1, Protestants made more internal, but not external, attributions than did Catholics. This effect survived controlling for Protestant work ethic, need for structure, and intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity. Study 2 showed that the Protestant–Catholic difference in internal attributions was significantly mediated by Protestants' greater belief in a soul. In Study 3, priming religion increased belief in a soul for Protestants but not for Catholics. Finally, Study 4 found that experimentally strengthening belief in a soul increased dispositional attributions among Protestants but did not change situational attributions. These studies expand the understanding of cultural differences in attributions by demonstrating a distinct effect of religion on dispositional attributions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | American Psychological Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.apa.org/journals/psp.html | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | - |
dc.rights | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Copyright © American Psychological Association. | - |
dc.subject | Attribution | - |
dc.subject | Belief in a soul | - |
dc.subject | Cultural differences | - |
dc.subject | Religious differences | - |
dc.title | Fundamental(ist) Attribution Error: Protestants are dispositionally focused | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chen, Z: chenz@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chen, Z=rp00629 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1037/a0026294 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 22082060 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84861156443 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 205936 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 102 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 281 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 290 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000299250000005 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0022-3514 | - |